The size of Saudi losses after 1000 days of aggression on Yemen

After 1000 days of the Saudi aggression on Yemen, the size of the increasing losses of the alliance is revealed and the statistics and numbers reveal the losses, which Saudi Arabia suffered as a result of the aggression, according to the media and research centers of the same alliance with different numbers.

According to a television report to spread by the channel of Saudi Arabia “Al Arabiya”, on April 2, 2015, just eight days after the launch of “Asefat Al-Hazm” operation, the estimations indicated that the kingdom may spend about $ 175 million in a month on air raid against Houthi fighters in Yemen, using 100 airplanes.

The channel then indicated that the air campaign may continue more than five months, and may cost Riyadh more than one billion US dollars.

In far numbers about the channel estimations, the American magazine “Forbes” said that after six months of the war, the cost of the six months was about $ 725 billion, meaning the monthly cost was $ 120 billion.

Harvard University indicated that the cost of the war is up to $ 200 million per day, while the Saudi magazine “Al-Riyadh” announced that the operating cost of Saudi war planes is up to $ 230 million per month, including the operation of war planes and ammunition used and reserve, and the price of all spare parts, maintenance and others.

The company “IHS” for economic research and analysis, announced that Saudi Arabia’s purchases of arms jumped at a great rate, to become the first importer of weapons in the world in 2015 at $ 65 billion, in contrast, the country’s foreign exchange reserves fell unexpectedly, while it was $ 737 billion in 2014, fell to $ 487 billion in July 2017.

Germanic website “Deutsche Welle” estimated the cost of operating the 100 Saudi warplanes that participate in the war, is $ 175 million a month.

Amid the discrepancies in the estimations, it is difficult to find a real value for the military cost which Riyadh suffered in the war on Yemen, but the reality of the Saudi economy reveals the crisis situation, as the Kingdom raised the value of military spending in 2015 to $ 82.2 billion, while it was in 2013, Only $ 59.6 billion.